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Dekalog

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1989–19901989–1990
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 9h 32m
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Dekalog (1989)
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Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
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    • Stars
      • Artur Barcis
      • Olgierd Lukaszewicz
      • Olaf Lubaszenko
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      • Artur Barcis
      • Olgierd Lukaszewicz
      • Olaf Lubaszenko
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    • 50User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
    • 100Metascore
    Top rated TV #41
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 1 nomination

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    Dekalog
    The Decalogue
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    The Decalogue
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    Grazyna Szapolowska in Dekalog (1989)
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    Artur Barcis in Dekalog (1989)
    Olaf Lubaszenko and Grazyna Szapolowska in Dekalog (1989)
    Krzysztof Globisz in Dekalog (1989)
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    Ewa Blaszczyk in Dekalog (1989)
    Piotr Machalica in Dekalog (1989)
    Olaf Lubaszenko in Dekalog (1989)
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    Artur Barcis
    Artur Barcis
    • Young Man…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1989
    Olgierd Lukaszewicz
    Olgierd Lukaszewicz
    • Andrzej Geller
    3 episodes3 eps • 1989
    Olaf Lubaszenko
    Olaf Lubaszenko
    • Tomek
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Aleksander Bardini
    Aleksander Bardini
    • Consultant
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Krystyna Janda
    Krystyna Janda
    • Dorota Geller
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Piotr Machalica
    Piotr Machalica
    • Roman
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Jan Tesarz
    Jan Tesarz
    • Taxi Driver
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Stanislaw Gawlik
    Stanislaw Gawlik
    • Postman
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Krzysztof Kumor
    Krzysztof Kumor
    • Gynecologist
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Katarzyna Piwowarczyk
    • Ania
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Maciej Szary
    • Apartment Caretaker
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Henryk Baranowski
    Henryk Baranowski
    • Krzysztof
    2 episodes2 eps • 1989
    Daniel Olbrychski
    Daniel Olbrychski
    • Janusz
    1 episode1 ep • 1989
    Grazyna Szapolowska
    Grazyna Szapolowska
    • Magda
    1 episode1 ep • 1989
    Jerzy Stuhr
    Jerzy Stuhr
    • Jerzy
    1 episode1 ep • 1989
    Miroslaw Baka
    Miroslaw Baka
    • Lazar Jacek
    1 episode1 ep • 1989
    Adrianna Biedrzynska
    Adrianna Biedrzynska
    • Anka
    1 episode1 ep • 1989
    Anna Polony
    Anna Polony
    • Ewa
    1 episode1 ep • 1989
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    • Trivia
      Stanley Kubrick has said writers Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz "have the very rare ability to dramatize their ideas rather than just talking about them".
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    10/10
    If you love beautiful, heartbreaking, thoughtful movies, you'll thank me for this advice.
    Kieslowski left us way too soon. But he did leave behind a handful of achievements that place him at the forefront of filmmakers of the last quarter of the 20th century. The Three Colors movies and The Double Life of Veronique - the movies for which he is probably best known - would be enough to ensure his reputation, but is this film - or ten films, if you wish - that elevate him.

    While the movies are based upon the Ten Commandments, they are not simple morality tales and illustrations. Kieslowski and his co-writer, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, create meditations that connect both intellectually and emotionally with the commandments instead. They explore the commandments' themes with the head and the heart. One great example is the first movie, in which a parent and his child use a computer to predict the freezing rate of a pond. Casting the computer and human knowledge as false Gods is not a new or unique idea, but in Kieslowski's hands, the idea expands and fills not only the mind but the heart. Man, I wish I had the vocabulary to express what moves in me every time I watch any one of these films.

    Everything about this film, from the cast - always nice to see the ubiquitous Daniel Olbrychski (ubiquitous for Polish films; I always wondered if Poles ever play six degrees of Daniel Olbrychski) - on. The cinematography for each episode is ideal; the look and feel of these movies, shot with the same director but different cinematographers, are all perfect.

    And who is that watchful, mute man who appears in the background of all or most of these films?

    Look, just see this. Find it, rent it. If you love beautiful, heartbreaking, thoughtful movies, you'll thank me for this advice.
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    • Release date
      • December 10, 1989 (Poland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Poland
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • Polish
    • Also known as
      • The Decalogue
    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Sender Freies Berlin (SFB)
      • Telewizja Polska (TVP)
      • Zespol Filmowy "Tor"
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    • Runtime
      9 hours 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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